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Obama to Paris for climate summit amid global terror concerns, GOP vow to pull deal money
2015-11-28 19:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox: President Obama arrives Sunday in Paris to finalize a global climate-change pact that if completed would be a legacy-defining part of his presidency. But he awaits challenges at home and abroad, including questions about who will pay for the changes and whether terrorism is a more imminent concern. On Capitol Hill, Senate Republicans suggested last week that the GOP-led chamber must approve the Paris deal, or it will withhold billions that the U.S. has pledged, as part of the pact, to help poor...
Chief Coca-Cola Scientist Steps Down Amid Controversy Over Obesity Research
2015-11-28 04:41:44| Beverages - Topix.net
Coca-Cola's chief scientist and health officer, Rhona Applebaum, has left the company after helping set up a nonprofit research group tasked with downplaying the role of sugary drinks in the obesity epidemic. In August, The New York Times reported that the company had financial ties to the research group - the Global Energy Balance Network, which is made up of university researchers, according to Ars Technica.
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Osborne to unveil homes cash amid cuts
2015-11-25 04:38:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
George Osborne is to set out government spending plans up to 2020 later, which will include billions of pound in cuts but also new money for house building.
Amid record global temperatures, Senate votes to block Obamas Clean Power Plan
2015-11-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Even as new data suggest that October of 2015 was a record-breaking hot month -- with a 1.04 degree Celsius global temperature anomaly, the biggest monthly departure from average ever seen in NASA records -- Senate Republicans led a vote to block President Obamas flagship climate policy, the Clean Power Plan, and also another major EPA energy regulation of new power plants. [Record crushing October heat keeps Earth on track for hottest year in 2015] The largely symbolic votes, which have prompted...
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Cambodia approves draft union law amid criticism
2015-11-16 16:40:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Cambodia's government is moving forward in adopting a controversial law on trade unions, despite opposition from labour rights groups and garment manufacturers.
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